According to Herodotus VI 21, 2, Phrynichus was fined a thousand drachmas and a law was passed prohibiting the performance of his play, entitled Capture of Miletus. It may be suspected that some effects of this ‘democratic’ censorship may also to relate to the circulation of this play in book form. So Wilamowitz’s assumption that tragedy was the source of a flourishing book trade may be also confirmed for the first half of fifth-century B.C. The event has points in common with the censorship of Anaxagoras’ book, ‘published’ in 456 B.C. and, according to Plato, still sold, in 399 B.C., by the booksellers of the Athenian agora.
Erodoto VI 21, 2. Una censura teatrale e 'libraria'?
CAROLI, MENICO
2012-01-01
Abstract
According to Herodotus VI 21, 2, Phrynichus was fined a thousand drachmas and a law was passed prohibiting the performance of his play, entitled Capture of Miletus. It may be suspected that some effects of this ‘democratic’ censorship may also to relate to the circulation of this play in book form. So Wilamowitz’s assumption that tragedy was the source of a flourishing book trade may be also confirmed for the first half of fifth-century B.C. The event has points in common with the censorship of Anaxagoras’ book, ‘published’ in 456 B.C. and, according to Plato, still sold, in 399 B.C., by the booksellers of the Athenian agora.File in questo prodotto:
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